Hi all! MCA has finally been updated to 1.12, and it only took a year to complete!

I wanted to post a little bit of an explanation here as to why this update took so long. In summary:

Got married

Moved out

Wow, married life is expensive

omgwhydothingscostsomuch

Work harder to pay married life bills

Taxes

Tuition / college semester

Get new job

Tuition again / another college semester

Get better at job

Work on huge work project for several months

Finish project

Finish semester

Hey look, free time!

Load up MCA on 1.12

1.12 is horrible

That basically sums up the last year for us. I post this not as a sob story, but just to give a little insight into my own personal life. As mods seem to be updating less frequently, and even with some deciding to stop updating entirely, keep in mind that a lot of modders may be finding themselves in a situations such as ours.

Modding (for most) is a hobby. We do not do this professionally. For large mods, it can be like a part-time job. So imagine, like in my case, working full-time, going to college full-time (hooray for night classes), and then stacking another part-time job on top of that.

For those that finally find the free time to begin working on their mods again, it's discouraging when you see just how broken everything is when moving to a new version. That, coupled with sorely neglected or unclear documentation as to what changes are required and how to use new systems included in Minecraft, the entire update process becomes extremely frustrating.

This is a trend that will likely continue as Minecraft continues to update. That is, until they finally manage to dissolve the game itself into nothing but JSON files.

We will stick through, because for now the events going on in our lives allow just enough free time for us to do so. This may not be the case for many others out there. So instead of ranting because a certain mod isn't updated, or complaining because a mod is no longer being updated at all, try to wish the modder the best in their endeavors instead, and move on.

We just finished moving MCA over to Minecraft 1.9 today. It is now available for download!

It will require that you are running the latest version of Forge for 1.9. Currently, that's version 12.16.0.1865, but a higher version should be fine. Keep in mind that Forge for 1.9 is under heavy development and doesn't have an official public release just yet. Because of this, MCA for 1.9 is marked as a BETA release. Performance and stability can't be guaranteed just yet, so keep regular backups of your saves.

We still exist, don’t worry! In light of the recent Minecraft update, I’d like to update everyone on the state of our mods and what we’re planning. I have been absent from the forums, GitHub, etc. for quite a while, as I’ve had considerably less time to work with our mods than I’d hope (a job, moving, and college will tend to do that) but I intend to keep working as much as possible. Currently I’m working through everything that has piled up so far.

First, we will soon be changing our version system, which would basically be chopping off that fourth number form the end of every mod’s version. I haven’t updated enough to warrant actually needing that like I thought I would.

Second, let’s talk about MCA. Before, I had intended to make MCA 5 available for 1.6.4, however it doesn’t look like I will be able to do that and reliably support it. With 1.9 mods undoubtedly rolling out soon, having a working MCA 5 for 5 different Minecraft versions (1.6.4, 1.7.x, 1.8, 1.8.9, 1.9) is insane. In regards to that, I’ll be ending support for the base 1.8 version of MCA. This leaves 1.7.10, 1.8.9, and 1.9 that will be actively developed. Updating to 1.9 is my highest priority, but first I want to release a bugfix update for 1.7.10 and 1.8.9.

Once MCA is on 1.9, I’ll begin working on MCA 5.2, the Monarch update. It’s going to be pretty awesome, much better than it was in previous versions of MCA! I can’t really set a release date just yet, but soon.Third, Spider Queen. It hasn’t yet made it up to 1.8.9, but that’s in the works. Once that is done, I will target 1.9 and continue with updates along the same schedule as MCA.

​Finally, we’re tossing around a few ideas for new mods whose support would start on 1.9. We’ve made a good friend who’s quite the artist (most of you know we’re terrible with anything art related), so it really expands what we’ll be able to do.

TL;DR

3 elements in version numbers, ex. 5.1.3, not 5.1.0.3.

MCA 5 for 1.6.4 will not be happening.

MCA being updated to 1.9 is my highest priority.

MCA development on 1.8 (not 1.8.9) will be ending.

Bugfix MCA update for 1.7.10 and 1.8.9 coming soon, before 1.9.

MCA 5.2 is the Monarch update, with a revised monarch system added back into the game.

Spider Queen for 1.8.9 is coming. 1.9 following soon after, then content updates.

Secret new mod ideas for 1.9, with an actual artist! Woo!

Thanks to everyone sticking around even with the lack of updates. You’re awesome!

Quick update for you guys, MCA version 5.1.1.2 has been released. This is a small bugfix update that fixes problems with the message "This villager is being interacted with.", and also repairs the inability to cure an infected child.

It's also available on 1.8.9, bringing MCA up-to-date with the latest available version of modded Minecraft!

We've released a bugfix MCA update for 1.7.10 and 1.8. Users of 1.8 will be happy to know that this will fix the crashing that occurs when using existing worlds with MCA.

Among other things, this also fixes a few exploits and performance issues on servers. If you run an MCA server, we'd highly recommend you update now to ensure you aren't affected by these exploits or performance problems.